KVM: selftests: Mark "guest_saw_irq" as volatile in xen_shinfo_test
authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:12:34 +0000 (21:12 +0000)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:10:28 +0000 (06:10 -0400)
commit5addaf530995ac203fa46efde0d1ded4c15ff98e
tree5916939a21c694df4e481ed4a2687078eb3ccf21
parenta51abbbf25317c07cb00b40ae7d04a209d2a3d54
KVM: selftests: Mark "guest_saw_irq" as volatile in xen_shinfo_test

Tag "guest_saw_irq" as "volatile" to ensure that the compiler will never
optimize away lookups.  Relying on the compiler thinking that the flag
is global and thus might change also works, but it's subtle, less robust,
and looks like a bug at first glance, e.g. risks being "fixed" and
breaking the test.

Make the flag "static" as well since convincing the compiler it's global
is no longer necessary.

Alternatively, the flag could be accessed with {READ,WRITE}_ONCE(), but
literally every access would need the wrappers, and eking out performance
isn't exactly top priority for selftests.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20221013211234.1318131-17-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/xen_shinfo_test.c